Embden Geese

Originally bred in Germany to be tall, rangy, large geese, the Embden was refined a bit more in England to be a more compact shaped goose. Either way, Embden are the largest geese, along with the Large Dewlap Toulouse. In our experience they also produce the largest eggs for those interested in decorating eggs. The first Embden geese were imported in America in 1820 and initially called "Bremens" after their port of departure. Their owner, James Sisso, reported these geese "lay in February and set and hatch with more certainty than the common barnyard goose, will weigh nearly, and in some case, quite twice the weight, have double the quantity of feathers, never fly, and are all of a beautiful snowy whiteness."

The Embden geese are very common-and for good reason. They are large, hardy, lay good quantities of eggs, will often raise a nest full of goslings and are very pretty in their all-white appearance.

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Customer Reviews of Embden Geese

4.9

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Richard R. | Perfect Emden goose!

Your goose was the biggest and fastest grower we ever had. Too bad a fox thought so too. Bold young fox that my son actually caught and beat up, but still ran off. Now a Eagle got another. We are in the wilds of the Sierra's and the predator pressure on the edge of wilderness is rather problematic. Building better pens an keeping the German Shepherd out all night. Miss my goose, a great friendly personality.

Thomasine M. | Beautiful Geese

We received our girls the 4th of April believe. They arrived health and happy. Also they imprinted on me right away. I took them for walks around the farm. They are 2 months old and are very calm and loving geese. Very inquisitive and look after the 6 ducks they came with. I will definitely order more of these geese.

Clinton H. | You like dogs?

I bought 2 males, kept 1 to raise with some new chick's to be a flock guardian. The other I gave to my sister for the exact same reason. They are about 6 weeks old and now I want to just raise geese. These guys stand about 2' tall now and are still chirping like goosings. My guy "Ricky" has been more like a puppy than a bird, even at 2 weeks old he would follow me all over the property until he just pooped out. Now he's spoiled and acts like a lap dog after his morning bath. I do let him eat weeds in the garden he's definitely a good help as well as a silly pet.

Kristen H. | Blue eyed beauties

These are lovely, fast growing birds. I ordered 3 along with some muscovies, and all arrived healthy and extremely active. They grow quickly, and due to their grazing eat a lot less feed than the muscovies. The male is noticeably larger than the two females at this point, and at this point outweighs my buff American geese, who are a few weeks older. They're curious, friendly birds, and I'm very happy with them.

Kayla W. | Beautiful

I just got my baby gosling in and he is doing amazing. He is happy, healthy and loves to make noise lol. I'm a happy customer and will most definitely order again.

Glenda D. | Just adorable

Our Embden girls are adorable! They act like puppies! They were shipped with nutritional gel and were very active at arrival!

Malissa B. | Ranger, Thelma, &Louise

We received our babies the first week of March along with some ducks I wanted. This is my first experience with geese and I absolutely love these guys. Thelma was the larger gosling when we got them and Louise was the smallest. Ranger has surpassed Thelma and at 4 weeks old they have more than tripled in size. They are the sweetest birds. All the babies I ordered arrived healthy and have strived wonderfully. I will definitely be ordering more. Thank You Metzer Farms.

Ellie J. | Male Geese

I received my first babies in May and they have been a delight. They are the sweetest geese and have the biggest personalities. I have and will be ordering more from Metzer Farms again. I love the customer service that they provide.

Shannon C. | Amazing Quality

My son purchased Ebden from Metzer last year for county fair. He ended up winning the 1st and Second place birds for his 2 geese. Great quality!

Brandi M. | Great Hatchery

This was my first time ordering live birds. My son has been wanting geese since we started raising birds a few years ago, so I ordered a few from Metzer Farms. I love the free shipping and small order charge that isn't more than the birds themselves. We unfortunately had a freak winter storm this week, which caused our order to take a little longer, and lost one goose in travel. They were very responsive to the loss form and our replacement goose and a duckling buddy will ship next week. I appreciate this farm and will be ordering from them in the future.

KATHRYN V. | Excellent temperament, docile, gets along well with all my water fowl,good parents

These are large geese & very docile. They let me just go to them & pick them up & pet them although they usually shy away from me if I just walk up to them to pet them. They'd STILL allow me to pet them but I could tell they'd 'druther not" but would still let me pet them without much fan fare. I've learned that if I'm in the mood for a goose petting session to just pick it up & pet it then put it down when you're done. No poblem. I have a Chinese Swan goose who's much older than the Embdens & an excellent guard goose & all get along well with each other. When they'r all out foraging & I call thm the Swan goose will fly up to take the lead & all are content to follow her lead. BEAUTIFL sight - like living yard ornaments. My female was broody the first year & was a good mommy.

Brandi H. | Big babies

I ordered 1 male and 2 female. They are 10 days shy of 3 months old, and already bigger than my female French toulouse. I definitely recommend the Metzer Farms VitaMetz Waterfowl Boost Supplement ( picked up at local store here) Which I didn't buy to begin because I was feeding a good feed with higher niacin level. But they grow so fast they need the extra. These big babies are healthy and beautiful, we just love them!

Nancy N. | Our Geese!

These babies are the cutest things ever. They are RIDICULOUSLY adorable. I got the geese as company and protectors for the ducks I got (also the best!) but we are all just in love with their personalities. Thanks, Metzer Farms!

Tyler H. | The absolute best for hatchery birds

I know these embdens win a lot of 4H shows. Metzer's embdens are definitely bred to the standard. I like them so much from this hatchery that I ordered some in April and then another batch later in the season. They have decent size and fit the appearance standard for embdens. Metzer's embdens have pure white coloring in both males and females, clear blue eyes, bright orange bills and feet, and nice even double lobes. Sometimes these qualities are difficult to uphold in breeding but they seem to know what they're doing. I would like to see more in terms of size but I know this can create difficulties with breeding which may be why I wouldn't describe their birds as huge. With a proper diet these birds can definitely be show birds but not your massive exhibition birds. I wanted to leave an honest review for buyers. These are great birds. Metzers is 100% spot on with vent sexing and customer service is GREAT!

Christine L. | Beautiful

We purchased 2 goslings, Lenore and Dove, both Embden geese. They were the cutest little things I had ever seen and Dove took quite a liking to me. Unfortunately while I was out of town, we lost Dove. Lenore is still doing well. A bit reserved, but a sweetheart. She is big and beautiful. She lives with our chicken flock and she enjoys her flock. I plan to get some new goslings in the spring so she isn't the only goose.